We originally planned to climb Pilchuck on this day, but for some reason kept driving to Dickerman. This was a very fun hike that had views of mountains not visible from the I-90 corridor, my usual hiking location.

Fun hike even though the incline is relentless. It's steady, so it felt easier. The last set of switchbacks were killer, but we made it! Views of Mt Baker, Glacier Peak and so many mountain ranges. I went with Alainna, who was attacked by a giant fly at the end... wiping our her energy. Ha ha ha!

Snow past the meadows on both trips. 4,000 ft. in 4 miles is always a great challenge, especially when bringing along new hikers. Along with Mt. Pilchuck, this was my first introduction to the world of hiking in the Mt. Loop Highway area of the Cascades. The views were enough to bait me for life.

Early a.m. hike to the summit. Start 9:30 a.m. and 2 hours to the top. Great fall color red's, orange, and gold. Partly cloudy around 60 degree's. Great views and all alone at the summit. However, hordes coming up as I was heading down.

Hardly any snow in the Cascades this year. Sunny and dry to 3000'. This is January? Turn around was 3 pm, and we just made it. This peak has incredible views, and there are alway people on it, even in a normal snow winter. Make the trip to Dickerman!

Trailhead (1800') had about 1 foot of snow, there were some snowshoe tracks that lead up to about 3500 feet where the previous hikers had turned around. We broke trail from here on, and it was slow and rough. There was about 2-4 feet of fresh snow to plow through, and once we got up to 4700' we were pretty much done after we realized that the meadows would most likely be very rough to get through since that area gets dumped on w/o all the tree coverage.